Coda Change

According to the WHO, there are more than 400,000 homicides globally each year, with millions more suffering from non-fatal injuries. Our hospitals and emergency departments care for many of these patients; however, many return with repeat injuries or are killed within 5 years. In order to reduce intentional violence, it is necessary to discuss and understand its root causes. Dr. Gore’s talk will touch on some of the root causes of violence and further discuss the program he founded called KAVI, a hospital,school and community based intervention as a way of both improving recidivism as it relates to violent trauma and decreasing the incidence of intentional violence overall.

Oli Flower presents at the Get Creative workshop on how to communicate with graphics. We all use images to get our messages across - how can we do this more effectively? He talks about understanding your target audience, techniques for brain storming, and the importance of getting criticised.

Evidence based medicine holds RCT's, randomised Control Trials, as the highest level of evidence but they are often poorly constructed and misinterpreted. This talk by world renowned clinical researcher Professor Simon Finfer analyses the common mistakes and failings of RCT's and describes way that we can do better.

Emergency Medicine operates early in the course of disease when uncertainty is high and information light. We need to do things that help us cognitively offload in the care of critically ill patients.In how many specialties would you be expected to acutely manage (and possibly resuscitate) anyone who comes to you for care‚ young or old, surgical or medical, sick or not sick with limited time and information. We are constantly having to think outside the box.Consider these 4 topics when thinking outside of the box: Bougie 1st Intubation, Mechanical CPR in OHCA, HD-Guided Epinephrine Drips in OHCA, and Stroke Ambulances.What side of the discussion do you fall on in these controversial areas?

Episode 3 follows the trauma patient into the ICU and focuses on the management of Septicaemia, Antibiotics, Steroids for sepsis and how gender inequality within medicine can adversely effect patient outcomes.

Presenting the best literature on resuscitation published 2018 including Paramedic 2, Airways 2, CAM, A rapid fire review critically analysing the hottest papers published during 2018. A fantastic overview of all things resuscitation.

Cognitive bias and risk management are vital understandings to high performance teams in medicine . My extreme sports seem like extreme risk to many people but I have survived 20 years in these disciplines following risk management strategies learned in critical care medical environments. I am interested in the role cognitive biases play in every day and critical decision pathways. In particular I am interested in the Affect Heuristic. My talk borrows from my extreme sport and critical care experience to highlight the role that fear plays in every decision we make and how we can lessen the emotional bias of the Affect Heuristic. It will be a fun and visually spectacular presentation.

Ken Milne the author of skeptics guide to emergency medicine SGEM reviews the hottest critical care literature for 2018 2019. Ken reviews articles from the Lomaghi trial on magnesium for rate control in Atrial fibrillation, Expulsive therapy for renal calculi with Tamulosin, Oxygen therapy in critical illness in the Iota trial and finally aromatherapy for nausea and vomiting.

Peter Brindley interviews Khairil Musa about Performing Arts, specifically dance, and how this complements his career in critical care.